English
sortition
Sortition comes from Latin sortītiō ‘casting of lots’, and goes back to sortior.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsortior‘to cast or draw lots’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsortītiō‘casting of lots’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018sortition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsortior‘to cast or draw lots’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsortītiō‘casting of lots’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018sortition
Earliest quotation: 2018, Antony P. Mueller, Forget Electoral Democracy — Give “Demarchy: “Demarchy — also called sortition — is a form…”
Every English word from Latin sortior
Today it means
noun Selection by drawing lots.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sortior / sortition